Etymograph

English

venditate

Venditate comes from Latin vēndō ‘to sell’, from dō ‘give for sale’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-1‘give’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dédeh₃ti1‘to be giving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*didō1‘to give’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdō2‘give for sale’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēndō3as vendere, frequentative‘to sell’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvenditare3
  7. Englishtodayvenditate3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin do
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin vendo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English venditate

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-Wiktionary, Latin do‘give’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dédeh₃tiWiktionary, Latin do‘to be giving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*didōWiktionary, Latin do‘to give’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdōWiktionary, Latin vendo‘give for sale’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēndōWiktionary, English venditateas vendere, frequentative‘to sell’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvenditareWiktionary, English venditate
  7. EnglishtodayvenditateWiktionary, English venditate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘give’

add, date, addition, delicious, donor, donation, donate, dow, vendor, dowry, condone, additive, dowager, rendition, addendum, dower, perdition, endow, sconce, dati, 37 more

through Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti ‘to be giving’

dose, antidote, anecdote, dacha, 17 more

through Proto-Italic *didō ‘to give’

dative, 14 more

through Latin dō ‘give for sale’

data, die, rent, tradition, treason, surrender, render, rendezvous, venta, 14 more

through Latin vēndō ‘to sell’

vent, 6 more

Today it means

verb To exhibit, as though for sale; to show off.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “venditate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin do, Latin vendo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- / venditate

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